WO2003041290A1 - Mobile phone capable of alarming - Google Patents

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WO2003041290A1
WO2003041290A1 PCT/KR2002/001974 KR0201974W WO03041290A1 WO 2003041290 A1 WO2003041290 A1 WO 2003041290A1 KR 0201974 W KR0201974 W KR 0201974W WO 03041290 A1 WO03041290 A1 WO 03041290A1
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    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H04M1/72403—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
    • H04M1/72418—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality for supporting emergency services
    • H04M1/72424—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality for supporting emergency services with manual activation of emergency-service functions
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    • H04B1/00—Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04B3/00 - H04B13/00; Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
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    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
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  • the present invention relates generally to mobile phones, and more particularly to a mobile phone with an alarm function, which is capable of generating an alarm sound (e.g., a sound of a siren), activating an emergency light, and processing a user's voice input through a microphone and sending the processed user's voice to a speaker.
  • an alarm sound e.g., a sound of a siren
  • a security system which is used in a place where security or crime prevention is needed, requires high cost equipment and has restrictions in its installation.
  • a person wants to inform a hospital or police station of an emergency and resolve the emergency in case of emergency he has to explain the situation of the emergency in detail over the telephone, so it is difficult to promptly cope with the emergency.
  • a user of a mobile phone is currently in a wireless communication blackout area at the time of an emergency, it is impossible to inform outside persons of the emergency via a mobile phone.
  • a person desires to ask neighboring persons for help he has to be provided with a separate apparatus for generating a voice or alarm sound that draws the attention of the neighboring persons.
  • an apparatus for issuing a silent alarm is desired.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone with an alarm function, which eliminates the inconvenience and economic burden of being equipped with a separate apparatus to provide against an emergency and is capable of promptly informing neighboring persons of an emergency using a popularized mobile phone.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone with an alarm function, which is capable of generating an alarm sound, activating an emergency light, and processing a user's voice input through a microphone and directly sending the processed user's voice to a speaker.
  • An additional object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone that is capable of checking the state of health or death of a user by measuring a heart rate using the mobile phone in case of emergency.
  • An additional object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone that is capable of rapidly transmitting a signal for help to a central control center in case of emergency.
  • the present invention provides a mobile phone with an alarm function, including an alarm sound generating button for requesting the generation of an alarm sound in case of emergency; a microprocessor for generating an alarm sound generation control signal and an emergency light activation control signal when the alarm sound generating button is pushed, and generating a control signal to display the counted number of heartbeats; an alarm sound generating unit for generating an alarm sound in response to the alarm sound generation control signal output from the microprocessor; and a speaker for transmitting the generated alarm sound and a user's voice to the outside.
  • the mobile phone of the present invention includes an emergency light unit for activating an emergency light in response to the emergency light control signal output from the microprocessor.
  • the mobile phone of the present invention includes a microphone for receiving voice of the user and heartbeats of a user; an audio distinguishing unit for distinguishing the voice of the user and the heartbeats of the user received from the microphone from each other and transmitting the voice of the user to the voice processing unit and the heartbeats of the user to the stethoscope unit; a stethoscope unit for counting the number of the heartbeats received by the microphone and transmitting a count result to the microprocessor; and a display unit for visually displaying the number of the heartbeats in response to the certain control signal output from the microprocessor.
  • the microprocessor when a user pushes an alarm generating button, the microprocessor outputs an alarm signal generation control signal. Then, an alarm signal generating unit transmits an alarm signal to a certain central control center in response to the alarm signal generation control signal output from the microprocessor.
  • the mobile. phone of the present case allows a user to transmit a silent alarm signal to the central control center without the generation of an alarm sound.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a mobile phone with an alarm function in accordance with the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the mobile phone with an alarm function in accordance with the present invention
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a method of transmitting an alarm signal to a central control center using the mobile phone in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a mobile phone with an alarm function in accordance with the present invention.
  • An alarm sound generating button 1 is a button through which a user inputs a signal for issuing an alarm in case of emergency.
  • An alarm apparatus using the mobile phone of the present invention, as illustrated in Fig. 1, is provided at one side of the mobile phone with the alarm sound generating button 1 that can be manipulated at the time of an emergency.
  • the alarm sound generating button 1 is mounted on the side of the mobile phone merely according to an embodiment of the present invention, but may be mounted on the front or back of the mobile phone as occasion demands.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the mobile phone with an alarm function in accordance with the present invention.
  • the display unit 9, a memory 10, a transceiver unit 11 and the antenna 12 are constituent elements that are fundamentally included in a general mobile phone.
  • the mobile phone of the present invention is constructed by including the above-described constituent elements with the general mobile phone.
  • reference numeral 1 designates the alarm sound generating button that is used to request the generation of an alarm sound in case of emergency.
  • Reference numeral 2 designates a microprocessor, which generates an alarm sound generation control signal and an emergency light activation control signal when the alarm sound generating button 1 is pushed, and generates a control signal to display the counted number of heartbeats.
  • Reference numeral 3 designates an alarm sound generating unit that generates an alarm sound in response to the alarm sound generation control signal output from the microprocessor 2.
  • Reference numeral 4 designates the speaker that transits the generated alarm sound and a user's voice to the outside.
  • reference numeral 5 designates an emergency light unit that activates an emergency light in response to the emergency light activation control signal output from the microprocessor 2.
  • This emergency light unit 5 informs neighboring persons of an emergency in such a way as to switch on and off an emergency light.
  • Reference numeral 6 designates a microphone that is used to receive a user's voice and heartbeats from a user.
  • Reference numeral 7 designates an audio distinguishing unit, which distinguishes a user's voice and heartbeats input through the microphone 6, and transmits the user's voice to the speaker 4 and the heartbeats to a stethoscope unit 8 described later, hi accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a separate switch may be provided to receive from a user information about whether a currently input audio data is a user's voice or heartbeats.
  • the audio distinguishing unit 7 determines whether a currently input audio data is a user's voice or heartbeats using a pattern matching method based upon certain audio pattern data regarding heartbeats.
  • reference numeral 8 designates the stethoscope unit that counts the number of heartbeats and transmits a count result to the microprocessor 2.
  • Reference numeral 9 designates the display unit that visually displays a heart rate output from the microprocessor 2.
  • a general mobile phone such as a voice transmission/reception function, a data transmission/reception function, a message arrival notice function, etc. are not related to the present invention, so a detailed description of them is omitted here.
  • a user pushes the alarm sound generating button 1 in case of emergency.
  • the microprocessor 2 recognizes the pushing of the alarm sound generating button 1, and generates the alarm sound generation control signal and the emergency light activation control signal.
  • the alarm sound generating unit 3 generates an alarm sound in response to the alarm sound generation control signal.
  • the generated alarm sound is transmitted to the outside through the speaker 4, and informs other persons of the emergency.
  • the emergency light unit 5 alternately switches on and off its inner emergency light at certain intervals in response to the emergency light activation control signal output from the microprocessor 2, thus informing outside persons of the emergency.
  • the certain intervals may be on/off intervals that indicate Morse code for a call for help, that is, "SOS".
  • a voice signal input through the microphone 6 is distinguished from other audio signals in the audio distinguishing unit 7, and then transmitted to the microprocessor 2.
  • the microprocessor 2 transmits the received voice signal to the voice processing unit 13.
  • the voice processing unit 13 processes the input voice signal and transmits the processed voice signal to the speaker 4, so the user's voice is transmitted to the outside directly through the speaker 4.
  • This voice may be a voice for asking for help from the outside in case of emergency, or voice used for amusement or play.
  • the present invention is not limited to the description based on the accompanying drawings, but includes an independent entity different from the mobile phone. Furthermore, the mobile phone of the present invention can be used as a substitute for a stethoscope.
  • heartbeats are input through the microphone 6, identified by the audio distinguishing unit 7, and transmitted to the stethoscope unit 8.
  • the stethoscope unit 8 counts the number of the heartbeats and transmits the count results to the microprocessor 2.
  • the microprocessor 2 calculates heart rates in a certain period to determine a mean heart rate, and transmits a display signal to the display unit 9 to display the determined heart rate. Then, the display unit 9 displays the transmitted data on the determined heart rate on the liquid crystal screen of the mobile phone, so the user can easily learn the state of his health.
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a method of transmitting an alarm signal to a central control center using the mobile phone in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the microprocessor 2 if the user pushes the alarm signal generating button 1, the microprocessor 2 outputs the alarm signal generation control signal.
  • the alarm signal generating unit (not shown) transmits an alarm signal to a certain central control center 33 in response to the alarm signal generation control signal.
  • the certain central control center 33 may be a predetermined police station, rescue station, mobile communications service company, or the like. Then, the central control center 33 can dispatch a rescue squad or the like to the user so as to settle the emergency.
  • the contact information of the central control center 33 is stored in the memory 10. " When the user pushes the alarm signal generating button 1, the microprocessor 2 transmits a certain signal to the central control center 33 using the transceiver unit 11 after referring to the memory 10.
  • the contact information may be a general phone number, or a predetermined particular contact code.
  • a communication network 31 used to transmit the alarm signal to the central control center 33 may be a general mobile communication network, or an emergency-only communication network that is not used for usual mobile communication to provide against an emergency.
  • information on the heart rate of the user is transmitted to the central control center 33, so the central control center 33 can learn the information on the heart rate of the user.
  • a mobile phone in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention may be provided with a switch, and may therefore switch off the speaker 4 to prevent the alarm sound or voice from being output from the speaker 4.
  • This construction is useful in the case where it is desired not to output the alarm sound or voice but to inform the central control center 33 of an emergency situation.
  • an alarm sound is automatically generated by only pushing an alarm sound generating button in case of emergency, thereby easily informing neighboring persons of an emergency.
  • the mobile phone of the present invention has an effect of visually informing neighboring persons of an emergency through an emergency light. Additionally, the mobile phone of the present invention is advantageous in that a user can perform karaoke and request help using a microphone, and check the state of his health.
  • the present invention have been described using specific embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible.
  • an alarm sound generating button has been described as an input means for receiving an alarm generation request from a user
  • the input means for receiving an alarm generation request from a user could be any of various means, such as a means for receiving a voice of a user and the like. Accordingly, the inventive concept of the present invention must be apprehended only by the accompanying claims, and their equivalences and their equivalent variations fall under the scope of the present invention.

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Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile phone with an alarm function, which is capable of generating an alarm sound (e.g., a sound of a siren), activating an emergency light, and processing a user's voice input through a microphone and sending the processed user's voice to a speaker. The mobile phone of the present invention includes an alarm sound generating button for requesting the generation of an alarm sound in case of emergency, and a microprocessor for generating an alarm sound generation control signal and an emergency light activation control signal when the alarm sound generating button is pushed, and generating a control signal to disply the counted number of heartbeats. Additionally, the mobile phone of the present invention includes an alarm sound generating unit for generating an alarm sound in response to the alarm sound generation control signal output from the microprocessor, a speaker for transmitting the generated alarm sound and a user's voice to the outside, and an emergency light unit for activating an emergency light in response to the emergency light control signal output from the microprocessor. In the mobile phone with an alarm function in accordance with the present invention, an alarm sound is automatically generated by only pushing an alarm sound generating button in case of emergency, thereby easily informing neighboring persons of an emergency. Additionally, the mobile phone of the present invention has an effect of visually informing neighboring persons of an emergency through an emergency light.

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MOBILE PHONE CAPABLE OF ALARMING
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to mobile phones, and more particularly to a mobile phone with an alarm function, which is capable of generating an alarm sound (e.g., a sound of a siren), activating an emergency light, and processing a user's voice input through a microphone and sending the processed user's voice to a speaker.
BACKGOUND ART OF THE INVENTION
In general, a security system, which is used in a place where security or crime prevention is needed, requires high cost equipment and has restrictions in its installation.
Meanwhile, if a person wants to inform a hospital or police station of an emergency and resolve the emergency in case of emergency, he has to explain the situation of the emergency in detail over the telephone, so it is difficult to promptly cope with the emergency. Additionally, in the case where a user of a mobile phone is currently in a wireless communication blackout area at the time of an emergency, it is impossible to inform outside persons of the emergency via a mobile phone. Additionally, if in case of emergency a person desires to ask neighboring persons for help, he has to be provided with a separate apparatus for generating a voice or alarm sound that draws the attention of the neighboring persons. Furthermore, when it is difficult to ask for help using a voice or an alarm sound, an apparatus for issuing a silent alarm is desired.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone with an alarm function, which eliminates the inconvenience and economic burden of being equipped with a separate apparatus to provide against an emergency and is capable of promptly informing neighboring persons of an emergency using a popularized mobile phone.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone with an alarm function, which is capable of generating an alarm sound, activating an emergency light, and processing a user's voice input through a microphone and directly sending the processed user's voice to a speaker. An additional object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone that is capable of checking the state of health or death of a user by measuring a heart rate using the mobile phone in case of emergency.
An additional object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone that is capable of rapidly transmitting a signal for help to a central control center in case of emergency.
In order to accomplish the above object, the present invention provides a mobile phone with an alarm function, including an alarm sound generating button for requesting the generation of an alarm sound in case of emergency; a microprocessor for generating an alarm sound generation control signal and an emergency light activation control signal when the alarm sound generating button is pushed, and generating a control signal to display the counted number of heartbeats; an alarm sound generating unit for generating an alarm sound in response to the alarm sound generation control signal output from the microprocessor; and a speaker for transmitting the generated alarm sound and a user's voice to the outside. Additionally, in accordance with an aspect of the present invention, the mobile phone of the present invention includes an emergency light unit for activating an emergency light in response to the emergency light control signal output from the microprocessor.
Additionally, in accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the mobile phone of the present invention includes a microphone for receiving voice of the user and heartbeats of a user; an audio distinguishing unit for distinguishing the voice of the user and the heartbeats of the user received from the microphone from each other and transmitting the voice of the user to the voice processing unit and the heartbeats of the user to the stethoscope unit; a stethoscope unit for counting the number of the heartbeats received by the microphone and transmitting a count result to the microprocessor; and a display unit for visually displaying the number of the heartbeats in response to the certain control signal output from the microprocessor.
Additionally, in accordance with another aspect of the present invention, in the mobile phone of the present invention, when a user pushes an alarm generating button, the microprocessor outputs an alarm signal generation control signal. Then, an alarm signal generating unit transmits an alarm signal to a certain central control center in response to the alarm signal generation control signal output from the microprocessor. Alternatively, in some cases, the mobile. phone of the present case allows a user to transmit a silent alarm signal to the central control center without the generation of an alarm sound.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The above and other objects, features and other advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a mobile phone with an alarm function in accordance with the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the mobile phone with an alarm function in accordance with the present invention; and Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a method of transmitting an alarm signal to a central control center using the mobile phone in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention in accordance with above-described inventive concept is described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a mobile phone with an alarm function in accordance with the present invention.
An alarm sound generating button 1 is a button through which a user inputs a signal for issuing an alarm in case of emergency. An alarm apparatus using the mobile phone of the present invention, as illustrated in Fig. 1, is provided at one side of the mobile phone with the alarm sound generating button 1 that can be manipulated at the time of an emergency. The alarm sound generating button 1 is mounted on the side of the mobile phone merely according to an embodiment of the present invention, but may be mounted on the front or back of the mobile phone as occasion demands.
A speaker 4, a display unit 9 and an antenna 12 are described with reference to Fig. 2 below. Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the mobile phone with an alarm function in accordance with the present invention.
The display unit 9, a memory 10, a transceiver unit 11 and the antenna 12 are constituent elements that are fundamentally included in a general mobile phone.
The mobile phone of the present invention is constructed by including the above-described constituent elements with the general mobile phone.
In Fig. 2, reference numeral 1 designates the alarm sound generating button that is used to request the generation of an alarm sound in case of emergency. Reference numeral 2 designates a microprocessor, which generates an alarm sound generation control signal and an emergency light activation control signal when the alarm sound generating button 1 is pushed, and generates a control signal to display the counted number of heartbeats. Reference numeral 3 designates an alarm sound generating unit that generates an alarm sound in response to the alarm sound generation control signal output from the microprocessor 2. Reference numeral 4 designates the speaker that transits the generated alarm sound and a user's voice to the outside.
In addition, reference numeral 5 designates an emergency light unit that activates an emergency light in response to the emergency light activation control signal output from the microprocessor 2. This emergency light unit 5 informs neighboring persons of an emergency in such a way as to switch on and off an emergency light. Reference numeral 6 designates a microphone that is used to receive a user's voice and heartbeats from a user. Reference numeral 7 designates an audio distinguishing unit, which distinguishes a user's voice and heartbeats input through the microphone 6, and transmits the user's voice to the speaker 4 and the heartbeats to a stethoscope unit 8 described later, hi accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a separate switch may be provided to receive from a user information about whether a currently input audio data is a user's voice or heartbeats. In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, the audio distinguishing unit 7 determines whether a currently input audio data is a user's voice or heartbeats using a pattern matching method based upon certain audio pattern data regarding heartbeats.
Additionally, reference numeral 8 designates the stethoscope unit that counts the number of heartbeats and transmits a count result to the microprocessor 2. Reference numeral 9 designates the display unit that visually displays a heart rate output from the microprocessor 2. The operation of the mobile phone with an alarm function in accordance with the present invention is described in detail with reference to Figs. 1 and 2.
The functions of a general mobile phone such as a voice transmission/reception function, a data transmission/reception function, a message arrival notice function, etc. are not related to the present invention, so a detailed description of them is omitted here.
A user pushes the alarm sound generating button 1 in case of emergency. When the alarm sound generating button 1 is pushed, the microprocessor 2 recognizes the pushing of the alarm sound generating button 1, and generates the alarm sound generation control signal and the emergency light activation control signal.
In that case, the alarm sound generating unit 3 generates an alarm sound in response to the alarm sound generation control signal. The generated alarm sound is transmitted to the outside through the speaker 4, and informs other persons of the emergency. Additionally, the emergency light unit 5 alternately switches on and off its inner emergency light at certain intervals in response to the emergency light activation control signal output from the microprocessor 2, thus informing outside persons of the emergency. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the certain intervals may be on/off intervals that indicate Morse code for a call for help, that is, "SOS". In the meantime, in case of emergency or in the case where the user uses the mobile phone as a separate voice device, a voice signal input through the microphone 6 is distinguished from other audio signals in the audio distinguishing unit 7, and then transmitted to the microprocessor 2.
The microprocessor 2 transmits the received voice signal to the voice processing unit 13. The voice processing unit 13 processes the input voice signal and transmits the processed voice signal to the speaker 4, so the user's voice is transmitted to the outside directly through the speaker 4. This voice may be a voice for asking for help from the outside in case of emergency, or voice used for amusement or play.
The present invention is not limited to the description based on the accompanying drawings, but includes an independent entity different from the mobile phone. Furthermore, the mobile phone of the present invention can be used as a substitute for a stethoscope.
That is, if the user puts the microphone 6 of the mobile phone of the present invention on a body portion in the vicinity of the heart, heartbeats are input through the microphone 6, identified by the audio distinguishing unit 7, and transmitted to the stethoscope unit 8. The stethoscope unit 8 counts the number of the heartbeats and transmits the count results to the microprocessor 2. The microprocessor 2 calculates heart rates in a certain period to determine a mean heart rate, and transmits a display signal to the display unit 9 to display the determined heart rate. Then, the display unit 9 displays the transmitted data on the determined heart rate on the liquid crystal screen of the mobile phone, so the user can easily learn the state of his health.
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a method of transmitting an alarm signal to a central control center using the mobile phone in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
In accordance with the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 3, if the user pushes the alarm signal generating button 1, the microprocessor 2 outputs the alarm signal generation control signal. In this case, the alarm signal generating unit (not shown) transmits an alarm signal to a certain central control center 33 in response to the alarm signal generation control signal. The certain central control center 33 may be a predetermined police station, rescue station, mobile communications service company, or the like. Then, the central control center 33 can dispatch a rescue squad or the like to the user so as to settle the emergency.
The contact information of the central control center 33 is stored in the memory 10. "When the user pushes the alarm signal generating button 1, the microprocessor 2 transmits a certain signal to the central control center 33 using the transceiver unit 11 after referring to the memory 10. The contact information may be a general phone number, or a predetermined particular contact code. A communication network 31 used to transmit the alarm signal to the central control center 33 may be a general mobile communication network, or an emergency-only communication network that is not used for usual mobile communication to provide against an emergency. In a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention, information on the heart rate of the user is transmitted to the central control center 33, so the central control center 33 can learn the information on the heart rate of the user.
A mobile phone in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention may be provided with a switch, and may therefore switch off the speaker 4 to prevent the alarm sound or voice from being output from the speaker 4. This construction is useful in the case where it is desired not to output the alarm sound or voice but to inform the central control center 33 of an emergency situation.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
As described above, in the mobile phone with an alarm function in accordance with the present invention, an alarm sound is automatically generated by only pushing an alarm sound generating button in case of emergency, thereby easily informing neighboring persons of an emergency.
Additionally, the mobile phone of the present invention has an effect of visually informing neighboring persons of an emergency through an emergency light. Additionally, the mobile phone of the present invention is advantageous in that a user can perform karaoke and request help using a microphone, and check the state of his health. Although the present invention have been described using specific embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible. For example, although in the embodiment of the present invention, an alarm sound generating button has been described as an input means for receiving an alarm generation request from a user, the input means for receiving an alarm generation request from a user could be any of various means, such as a means for receiving a voice of a user and the like. Accordingly, the inventive concept of the present invention must be apprehended only by the accompanying claims, and their equivalences and their equivalent variations fall under the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A mobile phone with an alarm function, comprising: input means for receiving an alarm generation request from a user in case of emergency; a microprocessor for outputting a certain control signal in response to the alarm generation request from the user; an alarm sound generating unit for generating an alarm sound in response to the certain control signal output from the microprocessor; and a speaker for transmitting the alarm sound to the outside.
2. The mobile phone as set forth in claim 1, further comprising an emergency light unit for activating an emergency light in response to the certain control signal output from the microprocessor.
3. The mobile phone as set forth in claim 1 or 2, further comprising: a microphone for receiving heartbeats of the user; a stethoscope unit for counting the number of the heartbeats received by the microphone and transmitting a count result to the microprocessor; and a display unit for visually displaying the number of the heartbeats in response to the certain control signal output from the microprocessor.
4. The mobile phone as set forth in claim 3, wherein the microphone receives a voice of the user and the speaker transmits the voice of the user to the outside, further comprising: a voice processing unit for processing the voice of the user and transmitting it to the speaker; and an audio distinguishing unit for distinguishing the voice of the user and the heartbeats of the user received from the microphone from each other and transmitting the voice of the user to the voice processing unit and the heartbeats of the user to the stethoscope unit.
5. The mobile phone as set forth in claim 1 or 2, further comprising an alarm signal generating unit for transmitting an alarm signal in response to the certain control signal output from the microprocessor.
6. The mobile phone as set forth in claim 5, further comprising a speaker deactivating means for deactivating the speaker.
7. A mobile phone with an alarm function, comprising: input means for receiving an alarm generation request from a user in case of emergency; a microprocessor for outputting a certain control signal in response to the alarm generation request from the user; and an alarm signal generating unit for transmitting an alarm signal in response to the certain control signal output from the microprocessor.
8. A mobile phone, comprising: a microphone for receiving heartbeats of a user; a stethoscope unit for counting the number of the heartbeats received by the microphone and transmitting a count result to the microprocessor; and a display unit for visually displaying the number of heartbeats in response to the certain control signal output from the microprocessor.
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